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Werner Drewes Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

American, 1899-1985

Werner Drewes was a painter, printmaker, and teacher, who was born in Canig, Germany, in 1899. His father, a Lutheran Minister, hoped he would become an architect, but Werner chose the life of an artist. After he served on the front line in France during the war, Werner was admitted to the Bauhaus in 1921, where he studied under Klee, Itten, and Muche. Later, he traveled through Europe to study such old masters as Tintoretto, Velasquez and El Greco. After marrying Margaret Schrobsdorff, they traveled throughout South America, North America and Asia. In 1930, Werner immigrated to New York City with his family. In New York City, despite the Depression, Werner joined other Bauhaus artists such as Piet Mondrian and Lyonel Feininger to make a living as an artist. This group became the core of the American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 World's Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of Modern Art, Kleeman Gallery, and elsewhere. In 1946, he accepted a tenured position at the Washington University in St. Louis. In his later years, he moved to Virginia and continued to show at galleries in Germany, Turkey, and in the United States. The Smithsonian held a show attributing his 65 years as a printmaker at the Museum for American Artists.

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Artist: Werner Drewes
Construction with Vertical Center, A.4
By Werner Drewes
Located in Lawrence, NY
Watercolor on paper Painted while studying at the Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany Considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction, Werner Drewes was one of the first a...
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1920s Bauhaus Werner Drewes Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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“Rocky Mountain Meadow”
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Original watercolor on archival paper of a Rocky Mountain Meadow by the well known American artist, Werner Drewes. Signed lower right. Titled and dated 1956 on verso of sheet. Con...
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Untitled. Form in Space.
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
Pencil drawing on paper from 1944. Signed and dated with cypher. Paper size 4 x 6" (10 x 15.1 cm). Werner Drewes (1899-1985), painter, printmaker, educator and lecturer, was...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Werner Drewes Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Dancing Motion.
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
Drawing, 1938. Signed and dated with the artist cypher. Paper size 7 9/16 x 6 1/4" (19.3 x 15.8 cm). Werner Drewes (1899-1985), painter, printmaker, educator and lecturer, wa...
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1930s Abstract Expressionist Werner Drewes Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Untitled. Still Life.
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
This gouache painting by Werner Drewes was created in 1942. Signed with a pen in the lower right. Cypher and date are just under the signature. Painted to the papers edge - the pap...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Werner Drewes Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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